Hi everyone! Here are some of my favorite snacks that are easy to make, portable, healthy, and most importantly, YUMMY.
So I don’t know about you, but at least for me, life is crazy busy. Between school, work, maintaining somewhat of a social life, and now a blog, I definitely do not have time to spend making super fancy snacks with ingredients that you have to go to a nutrition store to find. I like snacks that take ten minutes to make, and can be frozen for later when I don’t even have ten minutes to spare. I also try to eat relatively healthy so that adds an additional obstacle. Recently I’ve found some recipes (thank you, Pinterest) that meet all my criteria, and I thought I’d share them with you because I can’t be the only one who never has enough time. The recipes that I went off of aren’t my own, so I’ll link the originals down below, but I’ll be sure to mention all the changes that I made to them. I hope they help make your life a little easier, enjoy!!
Sweet Potato Chips
These chips are amazing! They took me two minutes to assemble, then I just popped ’em in the oven and let them cook while I got stuff done. All you need are two sweet potatoes, some olive oil, and salt.
To make these, you cut the sweet potatoes into thin slices and coat them in olive oil. Then you place them on a baking sheet and cook them for 25 minutes in the oven at 400 degrees. When they’re done, they should be crispy on the edges and soft in the middle. After they cool a bit, sprinkle them with salt and you’re good to go! The original recipe calls for you to skin the potatoes, but I left the skin off for extra crunch and a more chip-like outcome. Also, the recipe says to serve with lime wedges, but I totally ditched that step. For all the specific instructions, check out the original recipe here.
Here are the finished chips! These are great because you can throw them in a bag and eat them anywhere for a quick snack that you won’t feel guilty about later. Also, if you want to reheat them, pop them in the microwave for a minute and they’ll be super crispy!!
Greek Yogurt Bark
This bark takes a little bit longer to make, but it is so versatile that it’s worth it. It’s loaded with protein and you can eat it as breakfast, a sweet snack, or dessert. The only essential ingredient is greek yogurt. The toppings are completely up to you! I opted for strawberries, blueberries, granola, dried cranberries, and mini chocolate chips.
The original recipe tells you to mix plain greek yogurt with syrup to sweeten it, but I found that it was still too sour, so I would recommend that you use vanilla greek yogurt instead, then you can eliminate the syrup (and the sourness) altogether. Unless you like sour, then go ahead with the plain yogurt. All you have to do is spread a layer of vanilla greek yogurt onto a baking sheet covered in parchment paper and cover it with your toppings of choice; super simple. Then you freeze it for two hours, which is slightly inconvenient but requires no effort on your part. After it’s completely frozen, break the layer into pieces and enjoy. Here is the original recipe for specifications if you’d like.
These are what my bark pieces looked like. This bark is so easy to pack up and take with you when you’re running late, and any leftover bark can be frozen for later. Not to mention, it’s kind of a really pretty looking snack and it’s fun to smash into pieces.
Peanut Butter Energy Balls
Okay guys, out of all the recipes in this post, this one is my favorite. They have actually changed my life. I could eat them every single day of my life. You NEED to try them. These took me five minutes to make in total and they’re so good that they don’t even taste healthy at all. To make these you’ll need peanut butter, mini chocolate chips, oats, honey, and flax-seed.
The original recipe will give you all the exact measurements. Once you have your ingredients portioned out, you just mix them all together in a bowl and roll the mixture into balls.
Here’s a close-up of the final product. I personally preferred the balls to be refrigerated because I thought they were better cold, but I’d eat them either way. Also, I thought I should mention that you don’t really need the flax-seed to make these, it’s just to add fiber to the balls. I was lucky to have flax-seed on hand, but I know it’s not as common as the other ingredients. The peanut butter is the most important ingredient. That’s what gives you the energy boost. I’m not even exaggerating, this snack will actually wake you up. Maybe it’s the placebo effect because I know it’s supposed to, but I could feel an energy boost after eating these. I 10/10 would recommend these. They taste great, are easy, fast, and healthy. BRB, going to make 12 more batches because, BONUS, they can be refrigerated to save for later, too.
Chocolate Raspberry Bites
If you were too lazy to actually try any of the other recipes, then this one is for you. It’s pretty much the simplest snack imaginable, but it’s totally awesome. These little bites just require raspberries and chocolate chips, and will curb your chocolate cravings in less than a minute.
Are you ready for this?? All you do is…..put chocolate chips inside the holes in the raspberry. That’s it. Even the laziest person can do this, trust me, I know.
This is so simple, I don’t even have a recipe to link. You just put the chocolate in the fruit. And can we talk about how cute the little bites look?? This is probably the most adorable snack ever. The sourness of the raspberry works so well the chocolate. For this snack, I think dark chocolate works best. Also, when making this, I had the idea to try making a hole in a strawberry and filling that with chocolate, because really this trick could work with any fruit. That’s next on my snack bucket-list.
Those were all my snack recommendations!! I hope you enjoyed the post and attempt some of these because they really are game-changers. Thanks for reading 😉
-Vanessa